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Friday, September 15, 2023

| Gramophone

The pioneering conductor sets his sights on Rodgers and Hammerstein's timeless musical

Applications for the inaugural Classic Violin Olympus International Competition officially open!

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

| Gramophone

Classic Violin Olympus International Competition: registrations now open for world’s biggest new violin contest

Video of the Day: I Fagiolini perform Leo Ferré's ‘Chanson d’automne’

Friday, September 1, 2023

| Gramophone

I Fagiolini and Robert Hollingworth demonstrate their extraordinary versatility as a vocal ensemble

Video of the Day: 50 Years of the Academy of Ancient Music

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

| Gramophone

From Bach to bell bottoms, Emma Kirkby and colleagues recall the orchestra’s origins

New outreach project marks 400th anniversary of William Byrd’s death

Monday, August 14, 2023

| Choir and Organ

The initiative takes Byrd’s 1588 ‘Reasons to Sing’ manifesto as a stimulus for exploring why individuals sing and the human desire to express emotions through music-making

Video of the Day: I Fagiolini sing Monteverdi

Friday, August 25, 2023

| Gramophone

Monteverdi's ‘O primavera, gioventù dell’anno’ performed by I Fagiolini, directed by Robert Hollingworth

Parry's Prometheus Unbound, with William Vann

Podcasts

Friday, September 15, 2023

| Gramophone

The conductor discusses Gramophone's new Recording of the Month in our latest Podcast

Risking everything: the story behind Jake Heggie's new opera, Intelligence | Preview

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

| Opera Now

From slavery to a spy ring, Intelligence – Jake Heggie’s new work about two women in the American Civil War – premieres at Houston Grand Opera this month

What do this year's Gramophone Awards tell us about the current state of classical music?

Blogs

Monday, October 9, 2023

| Gramophone

Editor Martin Cullingford reflects on the differences of a passing year – or century

Chopin freshly minted: the International Chopin Competition on period instruments

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

| Gramophone

In the only competition of its kind, contestants will gather in Warsaw to play Chopin and more on period pianos - it’s just days away, and you can follow every note

Salieri: At the Venice Fair at Bampton Classical Opera | Live Review

Thursday, October 26, 2023

| Opera Now

Another fine production from the home of the UK's opera buffa scene

Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2023: The Winners

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

| Gramophone

The winners of this year's Gramophone Classical Music Awards were revealed this evening at a ceremony that also featured some sensational performances

Christian Thielemann named next Music Director of Berlin State Opera

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

| Gramophone

Conductor will build on strong rapport with the company, following recent tour and a Ring Cycle

Introducing the October 2023 issue of International Piano, featuring Lukas Geniušas

Friday, September 29, 2023

| International Piano

Lukas Geniušas: recording the original version of Rachmaninov’s First Piano Sonata | Glenn Gould: reappraising a divisive but hugely influential pianist

Choir & Organ: introducing the November/December 2023 issue

Friday, October 13, 2023

| Choir and Organ

New Millennium

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

| Choir and Organ

A superlative album

The 50 best Mozart recordings

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

| Gramophone

50 of the finest Mozart recordings in history, featuring Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Martha Argerich and Claudio Abbado, plus extracts from the original Gramophone reviews

Debussy's pianists: what can we learn from the composer's favoured interpreters?

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

| International Piano

Charles Timbrell surveys the early 20th-century pianists who are known to have worked closely with Debussy and performed the composer’s music in his presence

Ingmar Lazar on Cesar Frank's complete piano works

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

| International Piano

French pianist Ingmar Lazar introduces his new recording of César Franck’s complete piano works, including an intriguing early sonata written when the composer was 13

Verdi: Don Carlo at Teatro Comunale Modena | Live Review

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

| Opera Now

A star-studded production of Verdi's masterpiece from the Teatro Comunale Modena, available to watch on OperaStreaming

The Czech conductor Zdeněk Mácal has died

Monday, October 30, 2023

| Gramophone

Born January 8, 1936; died October 25, 2023

Tenor Ryland Davies has died age 80

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

| Opera Now

Making his professional and Glyndebourne debut at 21, he championed the character roles of Mozart and Rossini

Divins mystères – Organ discoveries: Berkeley and Caumont manuscripts

Friday, November 10, 2023

| Choir and Organ

The Chapelle Royale’s generous acoustics are wonderfully captured on this recording

New Echo Members